INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
U N I V E R S I T I E S
B U R E A U
Annual Report 2004
Photographs courtesy of: Edith Cowan University, Australia, Independent University of Bangladesh, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, Hong Kong Baptist
University, China-Hong Kong, University of Boyaca, Colombia, Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport, Egypt, University Nord, Estonia,
Université Lyon 1, France, Aachen University, Germany, University of Stuttgart, Germany, University of Delhi, India, University of Tehran, Iran, Mansour University
College, Iraq, Tamagawa University, Japan, Waseda University, Japan, Tokyo University, Japan, Notre Dame University Louaize, Lebanon, Ss Cyril and Methodius
University of Skopje, Macedonia, Université de Mahajanga, Madagascar, Universiti Sains, Malaysia, University of Mauritius, National Autonomous University of
Mexico, University of Porto, Portugal, Petru Maior University of Targu Mures, Romania, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, University of Castilla-La Mancha,
Spain, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine.
Table of Contents
Message from the President
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Message from the Secretary-General
6
Membership
7
IAU Governance
8
Activities
14
Partnerships, Networking and Representation
20
Information and Data Collection, Publications and
Communication
23
Financial Year 2004
26
Coming up
27
IAU Secretariat
and the International Universities Bureau
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IAU
Universities of the World Working Together
F
ounded in 1950 under the aegis of UNESCO, the International
Association of Universities (IAU) is an international
non-governmental organization. The permanent Secretariat
of the Association is based at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France and
hosts the IAU/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education.
IAU is a membership organization bringing together universities,
institutions of higher education and national and regional associations of
universities around the world. It aims to promote debate, reflection and
action on key issues in the field of higher education.
The Association provides its Members and in general all higher education
stakeholders (decision-makers, specialists, administrators, teachers,
researchers and students) with services such as information and
analysis on latest developments in higher education (through different
reference and scholarly publications), advocacy of higher education institutions views and implementation of partnerships and networks between higher education institutions worldwide as well as with various international, regional and national bodies.
During the year under review, the Association's Working Groups have
concentrated their reflection and action on the following thematic
priorities:
• Sustainable Development
• Internationalisation and Globalisation
• Intercultural Dialogue
• Information and Communication Technologies
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Message from the President
Message from the outgoing President
T
he year under review has been an important one for our Association. Gathering IAU
Members and other interested representatives of higher education institutions, IAU
General Conferences always offer a great occasion to meet colleagues, engage in valuable
discussions, take key decisions concerning IAU's work and renew the leadership of the organization.
The General Conference held in São Paulo, Brazil, in July 2004, was a resounding success and I
would like to renew my thanks to our Brazilian hosts, the Conference Program and Organizing
Committees and the IAU Secretariat for their excellent work.
In this report, you will discover the newly elected IAU President and Administrative Board. As you
may notice, half of the Board members have been re-elected and have agreed to continue to serve
the Association, while the other half are newcomers. Such continuity and renewal is key to the
successful development of the Association.
I wish to re-iterate my thanks to all the members of the outgoing Board for their strong support and commitment
during the past four years. While congratulating the new President, Goolam Mohamedbhai, I also assure him and
the new Administrative Board of my full support and assistance over the next four years. I would also like to express
my gratitude and appreciation to the Secretary-General, Eva Egron-Polak, and all the staff at the Secretariat, for
their dedication and hard work.
I am confident that the Association is in capable hands and that the new team will work to safeguard its values and
pursue its goals with renewed vigour. I look forward to a fruitful collaboration with my colleagues on the Board.
HANS VAN GINKEL,
IAU, President (2000-2004)
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Message from the incoming President
I
am very honoured to have been elected to lead the International Association of Universities
during the next four years. I assume this role at a particularly propitious time. During the
past mandate and under the distinguished leadership of the outgoing President, Hans van
Ginkel, much was achieved to consolidate the role of the IAU in the field of higher education.
The financial situation of the Association, while still far from being perfect, is now much more
encouraging and on more solid ground. Membership remains stable and is even slightly on the
increase and the IAU has gained in visibility both in various thematic areas as well as the
representative organization of universities globally.
For all these reasons I am grateful to my colleagues who have been active in the Association and
have contributed to this consolidation. I expect to call on all of them over the next four years
to build on these promising trends and ensure that we continue to improve in many areas of
Member services, communications and publications.
Our objective is to implement, in a real and concrete manner, the IAU motto of “universities of the world
working together” and to do so with a particular focus on those IAU Members that are most vulnerable, those
which may least benefit from globalisation.
This is a great challenge in a rapidly changing and highly competitive higher education sector. The IAU must
fully utilize its strengths and network with others to meet these challenges successfully. I look forward to my
mandate and to collaborating with all the IAU current and future Members in the overall interest of universities
worldwide.
GOOLAM MOHAMEDBHAI
IAU, President (2004-2008)
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Message from the Secretary-General
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004 seemed a particularly short year for the IAU Secretariat. I suspect this is mostly because it
was a General Conference year and thus our attention and much of our efforts were focused on
the preparations and follow-up to this event. The General Conference is important, both as
a venue for substantive debate on emerging and challenging higher education themes and as a pivotal
decision-making meeting for the Association. The 12th General Conference was also marked by an
IAU commitment to become a stronger networking platform by opening up possibilities for our
partners to use the event as a venue to organise their own meetings and seminars. Building such
synergies with other associations and partner groups is increasingly necessary and desirable as the
number of meetings multiplies and as collective actions in different areas prove more effective.
This year also served to demonstrate and to push forward IAU commitment to remain active in policy
development, with visible results in three different areas:
• Adoption of a Policy Statement on “Universities and Information and Communication Technologies”;
• Launching a global institutional survey and report on “Internationalisation Policies and Practices around the world”;
• Elaborating a draft Statement on “Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders on behalf of higher education
institutions worldwide”.
The “people factor” played a crucial role in 2004. Indeed, for IAU, 2004 was an election year and thus marked by
a transition period when one President and Administrative Board passes the “baton” to the newly-elected and thus
renewed leadership.
These changes at the helm of the Association, when coupled with staff changes at the Secretariat, create a new dynamic
that further contributed to the impression that time fairly flew by us.
Last, but not least, the number of visits to and from IAU Members and meetings in which we have participated
over the past twelve months have made this past year a particularly exciting and busy one for IAU. This second
Annual Report tries to do justice to an intensive year of work while also presenting you with a brief glimpse at the
new 'who is who' of the Association.
EVA EGRON-POLAK
IAU, Secretary-General, Executive Director
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Membership
The International Association of Universities is a membership
organisation.
As of September 30, 2004, the end of IAU's year which began
on October 1, 2003 IAU had a total of 662 Members, of which:
• 636 are Member Institutions (universities and higher education
institutions) from 122 countries worldwide;
• 26 are Member Organisations, including 10 international
organisations and 16 national organisations.
The overall distribution of IAU Institutional membership by region is as
follows:
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES
Membership by Region - as of 30/09/2004
Latin America
9%
North America
6%
Africa
11%
Middle East
10%
Europe
42%
During the year under review, one organisation (the Community of
Mediterranean Universities) and 49 institutions joined/rejoined the IAU, of
which:
• 26 are new Member institutions
• 23 are re-joining Member institutions
Regretably, during the same time, 45 Members resigned or lapsed from IAU.
At the 66th Administrative Board meeting, held in Prague, Czech Republic in
2003, the Board proposed two new types of partnership with IAU:
“IAU Affiliates” and “IAU Associates”. IAU Affiliates are non-governmental
higher education organizations which are not eligible to join the
Association as full Members. IAU Associates are renown individuals in
the field of higher education who share IAU's goals and values and have
made a particular contribution to the life of the Association.
As of September 30, 2004, IAU Affiliates are: IDP Education Australia
Ltd. (Australia), ACA (Belgium), EGIDE (France), NUFFIC (The
Netherlands) and NAFSA (USA).
Dr. José Martins Roméo (Brazil) became the first IAU Associate during
the 12th General Conference in São Paulo, in Brazil. A well known
figure in higher education in Brazil, Dr. José Martins Roméo served
on IAU administrative board from 1985 to 1995. All former Board
members will be invited to stay in the IAU network in this way.
The IAU website offers a complete list of all IAU Members,
IAU Affiliates and IAU Associates and electronic links to their
websites when available
(www.unesco.org/iau/members_friends/index.html).
Asia & Pacific
22%
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IAU Governance
I
AU Members come together every four years on the occasion of
the General Conference. It is the supreme decision-making
organ of the Association. It elects the President and the
Administrative Board, sets the broad agenda for the Association and
delegates the development of specific strategies and action plans as well
as the on-going supervision of IAU work to the elected President and
Administrative Board.
The Administrative Board
The President and Administrative Board of the Association are
elected for a period of four years. The Board consists of 20 members
plus the immediate past president and a number of deputy members.
It is broadly representative of all regions of the world. The Administrative
Board meets once a year. In 2004, IAU held its 67th Administrative Board
meeting in July, in São Paulo, Brazil, immediately prior to the 12th General
Conference. The list below presents the new President and Administrative
Board as elected in São Paulo on 28 July 2004.
A first meeting of the newly elected Board was scheduled for late fall in
Paris at which time the Executive Committee would be elected.
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PRESIDENT
Goolam MOHAMEDBHAI
Goolam Mohamedbhai studied civil engineering at the University of
Manchester, UK, where he obtained his PhD. He then joined the University
of Mauritius as Lecturer and was appointed Professor in 1978. He has been
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius since 1995. In addition to his
responsibilities at the University, Goolam Mohamedbhai has undertaken
consultancies and commissioned studies for a number of international
organizations and is currently board member of several bodies and organizations in Mauritius and abroad. He has been a member of the IAU
Administrative Board since 2000 and chairs the Working Group on Higher
Education and Sustainable Development.
VICE-PRESIDENT
Juan Ramón DE LA FUENTE
Juan Ramón de la Fuente obtained his M.D at UNAM's
School of Medicine and trained in Psychiatry at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, U.S.A. He was the founding Head of
the Clinical Research Unit at the Mexican Institute of
Psychiatry and joined the faculty of UNAM's School of
Medicine. In 1999, he was appointed Rector of UNAM, a
university of more than 250,000 students and nearly 30,000 faculty and
administrative staff. He has contributed to Mexico's health, higher education and scientific research systems and was Minister of Health from 1994
to 1999.
BOARD MEMBERS
AFRICA
Tefetso Henry MOTHIBE
After obtaining a B.A (honours) in History and Economics at
the University of Oxford, UK in 1981, Tefetso Henry Mothibe
went on to obtain an M.A and then a PhD in History at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 1986 and 1993, respectively. Among the many posts he has held at the National University of
Lesotho, have been the Head of the History Department, Deputy Dean of the
Faculty of Humanities, and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He has been
Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho since 2001.
Akilagpa SAWYERR
Akilagpa Sawyerr is currently Secretary-General of the
Association of African Universities (AAU). He studied law in
the UK and the USA where he obtained a Doctorate in Science
of Jurisprudence at the University of California, Berkeley. He
was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana from 1985 to 1992. He
serves on several national and international bodies within development
and higher education. His research focuses on globalisation and African
higher education.
AMERICAS
Roch DENIS
Rector of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) since
2001, Roch Denis studied at the Université de Montréal, the
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble and the Institut
d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He has had a number of appointments at
UQAM including as Professor of Political Science and Director of postgraduate programs. In 1999, he became Secretary-General of the Centre for
Franco-Quebec Inter-university Cooperation in Paris.
Peter ENGLERT
Peter Englert holds a PhD in Nuclear Chemistry from the
University of Cologne, Germany. He has held posts in various
universities around the globe. For 12 years, he was a faculty
member and administrator at San Jose State University, USA and then served
at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has been Chancellor of
the University of Hawai'i's, Manoa campus, since 2002.
Madeleine GREEN
Madeleine Green holds a PhD in French literature from
Colombia University, USA. She is currently Vice-President of
the American Council on Education, USA and Director of
the Center for Institutional and International Initiatives. Her research
focuses on management, leadership, and international issues in higher
education. She has been member of the IAU Administrative Board
since 2000.
Adolpho José MELFI
Adolpho José Melfi graduated in Geology from the
University of São Paulo, Brazil. He pursued his postdoctoral studies at the Institut National de la
Recherche Agronomique (INRA), in France. He was associate
Professor at the Université Pasteur, in Strasbourg, and at the
Université Aix-Marseille III. He was then Professor at the School
of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz. After having held various posts,
he has been Rector of the University of São Paulo since 2001.
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ASIA & PACIFIC
Saiyid Nazir AHMAD
Saiyid Nazir Ahmad holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the
University of London. He is Vice-Chancellor of Sir Syed
University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. He taught
and extensively published in areas such as soil classification, land slides
and earth dams. He has considerable experience in planning, development
and management of higher engineering education.
Abdullah AL-FAISAL
Abdullah Al-Faisal has been President of King Saud University,
Saudi Arabia, since 1995. He obtained a PhD in Business
Administration from the University of Oklahoma, USA, after a B.A
from Ryad University and an M.A from Utah State University. He is consultant
and member of a number of Saudi and gulf business organizations.
Ken'ichi ENATSU
Ken'ichi Enatsu holds a PhD in Commerce from Waseda
University. He is currently Vice-President (International Affairs)
of Waseda University, Japan. He is member of various professional trade associations in Japan and on the Editorial Board of various business
studies publications.
Zixin HOU
Zixin Hou obtained a PhD in Mathematics from Nankai
University. He has been President of Nankai University since
1995, after an entire academic and administrative career at
Nankai University. He has extensively published academic papers in the
field of basic mathematics and the Lie group. He has been member of IAU
Administrative Board since 2000.
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Abdollah Jafarali JASSBI
President of the Islamic Azad University since 1982, Abdollah
Jafarali Jassbi obtained a PhD in Management of Production and
Technology from the University of Aston, UK, after having graduated in Industrial Management in Iran. For the last 20 years he
has held various high level positions in different Ministries and Supreme
Councils in Iran. He has been a member of the IAU Administrative Board since
2000 and was Chairman of the Executive Council of the Federation of
Universities of the Islamic World from 2001 to 2004.
Deepak NAYYAR
Deepak Nayyar is an eminent economist, who taught at the
University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute
of Management, Calcutta, and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He
served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and was
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. He was educated at the
University of Delhi. He went on to study at the University of Oxford, as a
Rhodes Scholar, where he obtained a B. Phil and a D. Phil in Economics. He
is at present Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi.
Millicent POOLE
Millicent Poole has had an international career in scholarship,
leadership and management. Prior to joining Edith Cowan
University she was Deputy-Vice-Chancellor at the Australian
National University and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Advancement) at
Queensland University of Technology. She is developing ECU's strategic focus
using three defining themes - Service, Professionalism and Enterprise. She
obtained her PhD at La Trobe University and her Bachelor's and Master's
degrees at the Universities of Queensland and New England, respectively.
EUROPE
Rinaldo BERTOLINO
Rector of the University of Turin since 1996, Rinaldo Bertolino
graduated in Law, with a PhD cum laude. He taught Ecclesiastical
and Canon Law at Padua University and at Turin University. He is a member of
the Board of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) and plays an
active role in various publications and organizations.
Edgard ELBAZ
Professor of Theoretical Physics, Edgard Elbaz was previously
Vice-President (in charge of International Relations) at
Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, in France. He was also head of the Open
University of Lyon I. His fields of interest are quantic mechanics, gravitation
and cosmology. He has been a member of the IAU Administrative Board since
2000 and chairs the Working Group on Internationalization of Higher
Education.
Brenda GOURLEY
Brenda Gourley, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Natal
in South Africa, is the fourth Vice-Chancellor of The Open
University, United Kingdom. She became Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Natal in 1994, following a distinguished career as Professor of Accounting and
Business, as Dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Management and then as
Deputy-Vice-Chancellor. Brenda Gourley chaired the South African
Universities' Vice-Chancellors' Association from 1995-1997 and the
Association of Commonwealth Universities from 1996-1997.
Istvan TEPLAN
Istvan Teplan studied in Hungary and USA. He obtained a
Doctorate in Sociology from Budapest University of Economics
after a MA in Sociology from the State University of New York. He has been
Vice-President of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary since
1996. He is currently a member of several higher education bodies in Europe.
He was Deputy member of the IAU Administrative Board from 2000 to 2004.
Luc WEBER
Luc Weber was Rector of the University of Geneva from 1991 to
1995. He holds a PhD in Economics and was Professor in
various universities in Switzerland and the USA. He has published extensively on public economics and higher education and research
governance and participates in various higher education organizations and
committees (member of the Board of the European University Association
(EUA), co-founder of the Glion Colloquium, etc.) . He was Vice-President
of IAU from 2000 to 2004.
Ivan WILHELM
Ivan Wilhelm has been Rector of Charles University in
Prague, Czech Republic since 2000. Graduated in
Nuclear Physics, he obtained a PhD in Physics and
Mathematical Sciences. He has held several positions as lecturer and
researcher at the Czech Technical University and Charles University.
He has published numerous research papers and more than 80
research publications and currently contributes to various educational organizations in the Czech Republic and Europe (as member of the Executive Council of the European University
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (ex officio)
Hans VAN GINKEL
Hans van Ginkel has been the Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo,
since 1997. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Utrecht University, where
he was Rector from 1986 to 1997. His fields of interest are urban and regional development, population, housing studies, science policy, internationalisation and university management. Member of the IAU Administrative Board
since 1995 (Vice-President, 1995-2000 and President 2000-2004), he has
contributed extensively to the work of various international educational organisations.
Osmar CORREAL CABRAL
Rector, University of Boyaca, Colombia
Mario Armando MENA
Rector, University of Moron, Argentina
Romeu C. ROCHA FILHO
Vice-Rector, Universidade Federal de
São Carlos, Brazil
ASIA & PACIFIC
Abdul Razak DZULKIFLI
Reza FARAJI-DANA
DEPUTY BOARD MEMBERS
AFRICA
Mohamed EL-FAHAM
Piyushi KOTECHA
Dean of Graduate Studies, Arab
Academy for Science, Technology &
Studies Maritime Transport, Egypt
Chief Executive Officer, South African
Vice-Chancellors' Association
(SAUVCA), South Africa (Association)
AMERICAS
Vinicio BAQUEIRO-ORDONEZ President, Consejo Nacional de
Educacion Superior (CONESUP),
Ecuador (Organisation)
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Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains,
Malaysia
President, University of Tehran, Iran
Khuloud J.M. AL-KHAYAT DAJANI
Executive Vice-President,
Al-Quds University, Palestine
Edgard MERHEB-HARB
Public Relations manager,
Notre Dame University
Louaize, Lebanon
Mohammad Reza POURMOHAMMADI
President, Tabriz University, Iran
Al-Adwan SULTAN T. ABU-ORABI
President, Irbid National
University, Jordan
EUROPE
José FERREIRA GOMES
Slawomir OWCZARSKI
Jury PANIBRATOV
HONORARY PRESIDENTS
Vice-Rector, University of
Porto, Portugal
Walter KAMBA
President 1990-1995, Former ViceChancellor, University of Zimbabwe
President, Higher School of Trade,
Poland
Martin MEYERSON
Rector, St. Petersburg State University
of Architecture & Civil Engineering,
Russia
Acting President 1983 & 1985,
President Emeritus, University of
Pennsylvania, USA
Wataru MORI
President 1995-2000
Former President, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Blagovest SENDOV
Acting President 1984, Former
Rector, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Guillermo SOBERON
President 1980-1985, Former
Rector, National Autonomous
University of Mexico
Justin THORENS
President 1985-1990, Former
Rector, Université de Genève,
Switzerland
Alvydas PUMPUTIS
Rector, Law University of Lithuania
Brigitte WINKLEHNER
Former Vice-Rector, University of
Salzburg, Austria
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Activities
P
roviding services to its Members, and acting as a global platform for cooperation, networking and information is the primary
focus for the IAU, a membership organization.
Through its various information and communication instruments (reference
and scholarly publications, newsletter and website), IAU offers its Members
and the higher education community more generally updated data, information and analysis on the rapidly changing field of higher education.
In order to allow its Members from all around the world to interact and
exchange their views and practices, IAU regularly organises thematic
conferences, meetings and seminars.
The Association also plays a crucial advocacy role on issues of common
concern and interest to IAU Members. IAU has adopted Policy Statements
that promote fundamental principles and values shared by all its Members.
It promotes these views in numerous debates and discussions where it is
often called upon to represent higher education institutions at the global
level.
THE YEAR'S CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS AT A GLANCE*
• IAU/IAUP/AUCC/ACCC/WFACP International Conference on Technology Clusters,
Montréal, Canada, 7-8 November 2003
• IAU Executive Committee Meeting, Paris, France, 13-14 January 2004
• IAU-UNESCO Higher Education Division Meeting, Paris, France, 14 January 2004
• IAU 67th Administrative Board Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil, 24 July 2004
• IAU 12th General Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, 26-29 July 2004
* 1 Oct. 2003 - 30 Sept. 2004
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12th General Conference
R
eflecting the importance of the General conference for IAU,
almost eighteen months, spanning 2003 and 2004, were devoted
to the preparation of the 12th General Conference that took place
in São Paulo, Brazil, from 25 to 29 July 2004.
The thematic programme was largely designed by IAU with support and active collaboration from the Conference Programme Committee comprising
both the IAU Board and representatives of the host universities:
Chair :
Adolpho MELFI, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Members :
Umberto CORDANI, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Luis CORTEZ, University of Campinas, Brazil
As is customary, the General Conference was hosted by an IAU Member - the
University of São Paulo (USP) which collaborated with four other Member
universities from the State of São Paulo: the Federal University of São Paulo
(UNIFESP), São Paulo State University (UNESP), University of Campinas
(UNICAMP) and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR).
Flavio FAVA DE MORAES, University of São Paulo, Brazil
This major Conference, attended by more than 350 participants from some
90 countries, allowed for a rich debate of the various aspects of the theme
chosen for the 12th General Conference, namely: The Wealth of
Diversity: The Role of Universities in Promoting Dialogue and
Development. During plenary sessions and more than fifteen parallel
workshops, representatives of universities, other higher education institutions and university associations engaged in discussions on how universities,
individually in their specific settings and at the international level working
collectively, could
protect diversity and promote socio-economic and cultural development
and dialogue. All participants appreciated the diversity of views and the
variety of topics that were broached. Yet some felt that far more in-depth
conversations were needed to reach understanding and find solutions to
some of the pressing challenges.
Eva EGRON-POLAK, IAU
Many of the presentations were immediately posted on the IAU website,
some of the papers presented, especially during the plenary sessions will be
published and disseminated as Conference Highlights in January 2005.
Brenda GOURLEY, The Open University, United Kingdom
Ivan WILHELM, Charles University, Prague, Czech
Republic
As the Association's supreme governing body, the
General Conference also addressed various aspects of
IAU business affairs. In a very exciting election process,
the General Conference elected a new IAU President
and Administrative Board for the period 2004-2008.
IAU Members also adopted several Constitutional
amendments and the IAU Policy Statement on
Universities and Information and Communication
Technologies was adopted. Eva Egron-Polak, the IAU SecretaryGeneral, reported on the Association's past activities and finances
(2000-2004) and presented the proposed general programme and
budget for the period 2004-2008. The full proposed programme
and budget were sent to all General Conference participants and are
available on the Association's website:
www.unesco.org/iau/association/a_workprog.html
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In São Paulo the first IAU/Palgrave Higher Education Policy Prize was awarded to Prof. Daniel W. Lang and Qiang Zha for their study on “Comparing
Universities: peer selection by the University of Toronto and its implication
for Chinese Universities”. Both authors are at the Ontario Institute of Study
in Education at the University of Toronto in Canada.
Higher Education and
Sustainable Development
WORKING GROUP CHAIR:
Goolam MOHAMEDBHAI
Deputy Chair:
Hans VAN GINKEL
Members:
Ludmila VERBITSKAJA
University of Mauritius, Mauritius
United Nations University, Japan
St Petersburg University, Russia
Thematic priorities
Ivan WILHELM
Charles University, Czech Republic
Secretariat :
T
he IAU Administrative Board has identified several thematic
priorities of particular interest to the Association and has
named a Working Group for each topic to implement the
Association's actions in these fields. Each of these priorities was integrated
into the General Conference thematic programme and the activities of the
Working Groups were given a broader platform through the Conference
workshops on related topics. Preparing for the Conference was also a
major focus for the Working Groups.
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T
Hilligje VAN’T LAND
his Working Group worked mainly through, and in support of, the
Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP).
After the September 2003 IAU Prague Conference on Education for a
Sustainable Future, hosted by Charles University, the focus was narrowed
on taking an active part in the GHESP partnership and with other parts of
the educational sector, on website development, on the ongoing building of
the GHESP Resource Project (previously labelled as the toolkit). IAU
actively contributed to the drafting of the UNESCO brief on Higher
Education and Sustainable Development and many other documents
prepared by UNESCO for the launch of the United Nations Decade on
Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). It also maintained
and moderated an electronic exchange list that disseminates information
on activities organised in the field of higher education and sustainable
development around the world.
Internationalisation of Higher
Education and the Impacts of
Globalisation
WORKING GROUP CHAIR:
Edgard ELBAZ
Members:
Saiyid Nazir AHMAD
Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France
Sir Syed University, Pakistan
Flavio FAVA DE MORAES
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Ramón DE LA FUENTE
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Abdollah J. JASSBI
Islamic Azad University, Iran
Secretariat :
Eva EGRON-POLAK
D
uring the year under review, IAU published the report of its first
institutional survey on internationalisation in March 2004.
The report entitled Internationalization of Higher Education: Practices
and Priorities provides the analysis of replies that IAU received in response
to the questionnaire sent to IAU Member institutions in the autumn of 2003.
This publication, prepared in collaboration with Dr. Jane Knight, provides
valuable insights and data on the trends in higher education internationalisation processes worldwide. It was widely disseminated and presented in
various meetings and conferences.
Given the increasing interest of all higher education stakeholders in
understanding the trends taking place in internationalisation and finding
most suitable strategies for achieving their goals in this area, the
Association has decided to carry out surveys on internationalisation
every two years. A second survey, using an improved questionnaire and
an expanded sample of institutions will be undertaken
in spring 2005. This second survey will also include a
questionnaire for national and regional associations of
higher education institutions.
In a related area, namely cross-border or transnational education, IAU
pursued the development of a policy position on the topic. While higher
education across borders has most often been discussed within the
context of the debate on the place of education in the General Agreement
on Trade in Services (GATS), IAU together with the Association of
Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the American Council on
Education (ACE) and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation
(CHEA) elaborated a draft Statement on behalf of the higher
education institutions entitled “Sharing Quality Higher Education
Across Borders” in May 2004. This draft was not only made available
to all IAU members and participants at the General Conference for their
comments, it was also sent to national and regional associations of
universities urging them to undertake a wide consultation among their
members as well. The final Statement will be adopted by the four
drafting organizations, and circulated for signature to others in the
early months of 2005.
In parallel, IAU actively participated in the drafting meetings of
the UNESCO/OECD joint initiative to prepare “Guidelines for
the Quality Provision of Cross Border Higher Education”. With this
initiative, both intergovernmental organisations wish to ensure
that the development of increasingly internationalized higher
education serves the interest of learners, and that mechanisms
are put in place to ensure the quality of cross border provision.
These Joint Guidelines are to be finalized in January 2005 and
submitted to both intergovernmental organizations' for final
approval. Throughout this process, IAU strives to ensure that
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the principles and values promoted in the Statement on behalf of the
higher education institutions are taken on board in the joint Guidelines.
IAU also urged UNESCO/OECD to use our widely recognized expertise in the
area of information collection on higher education systems, institutions
and qualifications as available through the various IAU databases and
reference publications.
During the year under review, IAU also actively took part in the UNESCO
Forum on Quality Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition of
Qualifications.
Intercultural Learning and
Dialogue in Higher Education
WORKING GROUP CHAIR:
Paolo BLASI
Members:
Brenda GOURLEY
University of Florence, Italy
The Open University, United Kingdom
Madeleine GREEN
American Council on Education, U.S.A
Zixin HOU
Nankai University, China
Wataru MORI
University of Tokyo, Japan
Moussa OUATTARA
Université Polytechnique de BoboDioulasso, Burkina Faso
Julio TERAN DUTARI
International Federation of Catholic
Universities
Istvan TEPLAN,
Central European University, Hungary
Secretariat :
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Hilligje VAN'T LAND
T
he most recently established IAU Working Group focuses on the role
higher education institutions can play in promoting intercultural
dialogue. It was established in September 2002 to stimulate discussions,
engage institutions in reflection on this theme and propose actions that can
be undertaken locally and collectively. Prof. Paolo Blasi, former Rector of
the University of Florence, Italy, chairs this Working Group. IAU developed a
series of pages on the subject on the IAU website and organised an Experts
Seminar on Intercultural Learning and Dialogue in Higher Education, to be
hosted by the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary in November
2004. This Seminar will contribute to defining specific projects IAU could
further develop in this field. Two initial projects will be under review: the
creation of a Glossary of Terms and Concepts related to this theme and the
establishment of an Institutional Network.
Information and Communication
Technologies and Higher Education
She spoke about “Facilitating Lifelong Learning in Universities: The Role
of ICTs” taking stock of recent developments in universities, and
formulating several recommendations for an efficient use of ICTs in
universities to promote Lifelong Learning.
WORKING GROUP CHAIR:
The 12th General Conference unanimously adopted the IAU Policy
Statement on “Universities and Information and Communication
Technologies”. The text raises several fundamental questions concerning
the use of ICTs in higher education institutions and makes recommendations for the international community, governments and universities
around the world. It now joins several other IAU Policy Statements which
reflect and give an expression to the debates that take place in our meetings, seminars and conferences. All are available on the IAU website:
www.unesco.org/iau/p_statements/index.html
Henrik TOFT JENSEN,
Roskilde University, Denmark
Deputy Chair:
Hanna NASIR
Birzeit University, Palestine
Members:
Abdulla AL-KHULAIFI
University of Qatar
Triloki N. KAPOOR
Panjab University, India
Tatchai SUMITRA
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Justin THORENS
Université de Genève, Switzerland
Luc WEBER
Université de Genève, Switzerland
Secretariat :
Claudine LANGLOIS /
Sylvain CHARPENTIER
D
uring 2004, this Working Group undertook several initiatives.
First, the Working Group participated in the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) that took place in Geneva from 10 to 12
December 2003.
Following her active participation in the preparation process of this
Summit, the Director of the IAU/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher
Education, Claudine Langlois represented IAU at the Round Table on
“Education and Knowledge Societies” organized by the UNESCO Institute
for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) during the Summit.
In parallel, IAU remains an active member of the UNESCO-NGO
Joint Commission on ICTs in Education where the Association acts as
rapporteur. Discussions about IAU participation and preparations for
the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society to
be held in Tunis, Tunisia, in November 2005 have been on-going. The
Association has been discussing a joint project on the use of ICTs
in teacher education with the International Council for Open
and Distance Education (ICDE) and Education
International (EI) for this occasion.
The approval of the Policy Statement marked the
end of the Working Group's current mandate.
Whether or not a Working Group on ICTs will be
maintained and new activities initiated will be
discussed during the meeting of the newly elected
Administrative Board in December 2004.
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Partnerships, Networking and Representation
I
AU is committed to broadening its cooperation network by
implementing new partnerships within higher education, a sector
where institutions as well as new partnerships and organisations
are rapidly expanding.
• As a membership organisation, IAU aims primarily at ensuring close
relationships and collaboration with its Member Institutions and
Member Organisations. This collaboration takes many forms. First,
IAU regularly informs the membership on developments in higher
education around the world, through its reference publications that
demonstrate most clearly the expansion and diversification of higher
education systems around the world. IAU scholarly publications cover
many of the issues of importance in this changing sector and the IAU
Newsletter, website and regular updates from the Secretary General
keep the membership informed about IAU activities. Both the
Newsletter and the website also report on IAU Members' activities and
initiatives. Second, IAU senior staff often participates in Members' initiatives such as conferences and seminars. IAU is also developing joint
and co-sponsored projects with Member Institutions and Member
Organisations on a regular basis. Finally, in July 2004, the Association
officially launched the IAU Affiliates and IAU Associates status, allowing
organisations and individuals that share IAU values and goals to network with the Association.
• UNESCO remains a key partner for IAU. Since the creation of IAU
under the aegis of UNESCO, the permanent Secretariat of the Association
has been based at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and IAU houses the
joint IAU/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education.
The primary, albeit by no means exclusive link to UNESCO is through the
Division of Higher Education with which IAU maintains on-going communications. Indeed a special session of the Executive committee meeting
during the past year was devoted to meeting with the director and staff of
the Division. IAU participation and expertise is actively sought by the
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Organisation, most particularly in the UNESCO Forum on Higher
Education, Research and Knowledge and the Global Forum on
International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and the Recognition
of Qualification, respectively. The Association is continuing its effort to
extend its cooperation with UNESCO to other Sectors such as Culture,
where projects initiated, such as intercultural learning and dialogue,
could find support and resources. UNESCO support was much appreciated during the General Conference where several representatives took an
active part in the programme. Even more importantly by organising an
important activity to coincide with IAU's meeting, the UNESCO Forum on
Higher Education, Research and Knowledge also created an opportunity
to create synergies with many experts who formed part of the Forum.
• The International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)
remains a close partner of IAU. In November 2003, IAU was a co-sponsor
with IAUP, as well as other organisations, of an International Conference
on Technology Clusters, organised by the University of Montreal in
Canada. In addition, in February 2004, IAU and IAUP acted as co-convenors and took an active part in a Workshop on Internationalising the
Campus at the Annual Conference of the American Council on Education
(ACE) in Miami, USA.
• The year under review has also seen an increase in collaboration with
OECD. Indeed, as OECD expands its links with UNESCO, IAU is often
drawn into the discussion as well. In addition to the above mentioned
work on the Joint Guidelines for the Quality Provision of Cross Border
Higher Education, and the related experts group on an information
resource on recognized higher education institutions, IAU has been involved
in another project as well. Together with OECD's International
Management of Higher Education Program (IMHE) and UNESCO, the
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has brought
together IAU and the International Institute of Educational Planning
(IIEP) to discuss the potential for developing what is now being called
the International Higher Education Policy Portal. A feasibility study is
now underway.
• Another intergovernmental organisation with a keen interest in higher
education and research that regularly includes IAU in its activities is the
Council of Europe and this year, IAU secretary general acted as
Rapporteur General at a major conference on Public Responsibility for
Higher Education which the Council of Europe organised as one of the
Bologna Process Seminars.
• Constantly seeking synergies to improve the impact of its activities,
IAU develops cooperation and joint projects with many international,
regional and national bodies that are active in higher education.
The IAU Working Groups on Sustainable Development and on
Internationalisation have collaborated with other organisations to
implement initiatives such as the on-going Global Higher Education
for Sustainability Partnership and the drafting of the Statement on
Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders on behalf of
higher education institutions worldwide.
• the European Commission and particularly the Directorate for
Research has demonstrated a keen interest in having IAU input in several
of its initiatives related to researchers' mobility. As such programmes are
reviewed or new ones launched by the Commission, IAU participates in
External Working, Advisory and High Level Groups dealing with issues
such as recruitement and carreer development of researchers in Europe,
the future development of universities and research, etc. These meetings
provide much needed occasions to ensure that the expansion of opportunities for collaboration in research and higher education offered by
Europe are not undermining, but rather also contribute to the development of research capacity and strength in non-industrialised countries,
especially in Africa.
IAU PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS *
• UNESCO's General Conference 32nd Session, Paris, France,
29 September-17 October 2003
• Norwegian Council of Higher Education meeting on “Policies and
Models for International Cooperation in Higher Education”, Bergen,
Norway, 6-7 October 2003
• IDP Conference on “International Education in a Changing Global
Environment and Global Leaders Forum on International Education”,
Melbourne, Australia, 20-24 October 2003
• Course-Conference on “Higher Education and Sustainable
Development”, University of Granada, Spain, 28-30 October 2003
• Norway/OECD Conference on “Trading in Educational Services”,
Trondheim, Norway, 2-3 November 2003
• UNESCO Philosophy Day, Paris, France, 20 November 2003
• Brazil Ministry of Education International Seminar on “University XXI”,
Brasilia, Brazil, 25-27 November 2003
• UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge. 1st
Global Research Seminar, Paris, France, 8-9 December 2003
• Université de Tunis El Manar - 3rd Congress on Sustainable
Development, Tunis, Tunisia, 10-12 December 2003
• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Geneva,
Switzerland, 10-12 December 2003
• European Forum for Law, Educational and Cultural Policy,
College of Europe, Brugge, Belgium, 17 December 2003
* 1 Oct. 2003 - 30 Sept. 2004
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IAU PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS *
• Islamic Azad University Intercultural Dialogue International
Conference, Tehran, Iran, 7-8 January 2004
• COE/UNESCO/European Commission Joint Meeting of the ENIC and
NARIC Networks, Strasbourg, France, 7-9 June 2004
• Meeting of Commonwealth National University Associations, Cape Town,
South Africa, 16-17 February 2004
• New Generation University Conference on “The University of the 21st
Century”, University College of the Cariboo, Canada, 7-8 June 2004
• 86th ACE Annual Meeting, Miami, USA, 28 February-2 March 2004
• ACA Conference on “The International Campus”, Budapest, Hungary,
21-22 June 2004
• ACA Seminar on “What's new in Brussels: Recent Developments in
European Policies and Programmes”, Brussels, Belgium, 12 March 2004
• UNESCO/OECD Initiative to develop international guidelines on “Quality
provision in cross-border higher education”, Paris, France, 5-6 April 2004
• Colloquium on “Education in Environment - Towards a Sustainable
Development”, Paris, France, 14-15 April 2004
• IIE Working Conference on “International student mobility”, Tours,
France, 21-23 April 2004
• AAU Workshop on “WTO/GATS and Higher Education in Africa”, Accra,
Ghana, 27-29 April 2004
• “Education for Sustainable Development. Learning to Change our
World: The Göteburg Consultation on Education for Sustainable
Development”, Göteburg, Sweden, 4-7 May 2004
• Guizhou/West Chester Universities and AUAP - International Conference
on “Globalization and Higher Education”, Guiyang, China, 16-20 May
2004
• EUA/ACU Conference on “Charting the course between public service
and commercialisation: Prices, values and quality”, Torino, Italy,
3-5 June 2004
• Eurodocs Seminar, Paris, France, 7-8 June 2004
* 1 Oct. 2003 - 30 Sept. 2004
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• UNESCO Global Forum on international quality assurance, accreditation
and the recognition of qualification in higher education, Paris, France,
28-29 June 2004
• 26th Annual Forum of the European Association for Institutional
Research, Barcelona, Spain, 5-8 September 2004
• OECD IMHE Meeting on “Choice and Responsibilities: Higher Education
in the Knowledge Society”, Paris, France, 13-15 September 2004
• EAIE Conference on “Universities: Education Providers or Market
Players ?”, Torino, Italy, 15-18 September 2004
• European Commission Forum on “University-based Research”, Brussels,
Belgium, 22 September 2004
• Council of Europe. Conference on “Public Responsibility for Higher
Education and Research”, Strasbourg, France, 23-24 September 2004
• Conference on “New Trends in Higher Education”, Lisbon, Portugal,
24-25 September 2004
• UK and US Higher Education Funding & Access Symposium Oxford,
England, 28-30 September 2004
• NUFFIC and European Commission “Dutch Presidency Conference on
Brain Gain”, The Hague, The Netherlands, 29-30 September 2004
Information and Data Collection, Publications and Communication
M
uch of IAU's visibility and presence on the global higher education scene stems from the role the Association plays as a comprehensive
clearing-house of information on higher education systems, institutions and qualifications and as the source of comparative research and
scholarship on higher education policy and trends.
To accomplish and carry out part of the first set of tasks, IAU together with UNESCO established a joint Information Centre on Higher Education in
1989. It is the on-going legacy of this agreement which justifies and structures the work of IAU in the main areas of activity related to data collection
and dissemination.
The Information Centre collection and
Bibliographic Database on Higher
Education
The Information Centre maintains its own computerised database (IAUDOC) and coordinates
as a main input centre the International
Bibliographic Database on Higher Education
(HEDBIB), an integrated database launched
since 1988 with some 30.000 references on
higher education systems, administration, planning and policy, costs and finances, evaluation
of higher education, issues related to staff and
students, cooperation, mobility and equivalences of degrees, curricula, teaching methods
and learning processes. HEDBIB is co produced by : International Association of
Universities (IAU), ENIC
Clearinghouse on Higher
Education (ENIC), ENIC
Processing and Reference
Facility, UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris , UNESCO European Centre for
Higher Education (CEPES),
The International Institute for Educational
Planning (IIEP), American Council on
Education (ACE), Center for Higher Education
Policy Studies (CHEPS), UNESCO International
Institute for Higher Education in Latin America
(IESALC). This year, the Information Centre
incorporated 1100 new references in HEDBIB.
World Higher Education Database and
IAU Reference Publications
The World Higher Education Database
(WHED) is principally used to produce IAU
reference books. It is divided into three sections: education systems (184 entries), credentials (c. 1850 entries), and higher
education institutions. This last section is divided into two parts: university level institutions (c. 9200
entries) and other institutions of
higher education (c. 8000 entries).
At present, it contains extensive and
comprehensive data on more than
17000 institutions worldwide. All sections are updated regularly on a 2-year
cycle.
The WHED is also used to offer the following documentary services: specific
information on national higher education systems, particularly higher education institutions, exchange and
cooperation agreements between universities, statistics, information on the
evaluation/recognition of degrees and
other credentials, tailor-made mailing lists
or labels; etc.
During the year under review IAU
published the WHED 2004/5 edition
CD-Rom, available in a network or
single user version, the World List of
Universities and other Institutions of
Higher Education, 24th ed. and the
Guide to Higher Education in Africa,
3rd ed. This comprehensive publication
provides information on the educational system of 47 African countries,
their institutions of higher education
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(over 900), and indicates for each country the
national bodies concerned with higher education.
This reference publication has been launched
thanks to a partnership between the
Association of African Universities (AAU) and
IAU. All AAU Members and IAU African
Members receive this guide free of charge.
At the same time, updating was on-going for
the WHED CD-Rom 2004/05 and work on the
International Handbook of Universities,
18th ed. got underway
through the printing and
mailing of 9200 questionnaires, the updating of the
database according to
replies, and the sending of
reminders.
All IAU Members in good
standing receive the
Handbook and World List
free of charge and benefit
from a 40% discount on the
WHED CD-Rom as part of
their membership. This represents an average
annual value of almost 600 Euros.
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IAU Journal and Monograph Series
IAU is also known to scholars of higher education and policy makers in this domain because
of the scholarly publications - journal and
monographs - which analyse trends and developments in higher education from a comparative perspective. For many years now, the
International Association of Universities
regularly brings out the following scolary
publications:
Higher Education Policy
Since 1988, this international
quarterly journal has been
advancing scholarly understanding
of the policy process applied to
higher education through the
publication of original analyses,
both theoretical and practicebased, the focus of which may
range from case studies of developments in individual institutions
to policy-making at systems and at
national level.
The following themes were
developed during the past year (Oct. 1, 2003 Sept. 30, 2004):
• “Higher Education Policy in China and the
Far East” (Vol. 16, No.4)
• “The Business of University Research: Cross
National Perspectives” (Vol.17, No.1)
• “Science, Training and Career” (Vol. 17, No.2)
• “The Vision of Reform” (Vol. 17, No.3)
Higher Education Policy is distributed to all IAU
Members as part of their membership benefits
and is now available by subscription 'on-line' at
www.palgrave-journals.com/hep/.
Issues in Higher Education and other
monographs
The monograph series Issues
in Higher Education was created in 1994. It is a series aimed
at scholars, institutional leaders
and those concerned with the
administrative practicalities of
higher education. The publication is sold with special purchasing terms for IAU Members and
IAU distributes it for free to
Members in developing countries.
In 2004, IAU published The
Open World and Closed
Societies: Essays in Higher Education
Policies 'in Transition', by Voldemar Tomusk,
Deputy Director of the Open Society Institute,
Budapest, Hungary, in the Issues series.
Since 2002 and for three years, the Swedish
International Development Agency (SIDA),
recognizing the quality and the crucial role of
IAU publications for higher education institutions and researchers in developing countries,
has been providing support for the overall
publications programme of the Association.
All IAU reference and scholarly publications
are published by Palgrave Macmillan.
other bodies and organizations specialized in
higher education around the world.
Over the past year, each issue was a double one
and highlighted a specific topic as follows:
IAU Newsletter
Generally an 8-page publication, available in
English and French, the IAU Newsletter disseminates news and information on IAU activities
and major events in higher education around
the world. With space for news about the work
of various IAU partners and especially for news
from IAU Members, the Newsletter is normally
published five times a year and given wide circulation among IAU Members and a network of
contacts in higher education institutions and
associations, in Ministries of Education and
• IAU Conference on Education for a
sustainable future (Vol. 9, No. 4-5) in
November 2003
• Higher education and mobility (Vol. 10,
No.1-2) in January-February 2004
• Access to academic and research knowledge
(Vol. 10, No.3-4) in June 2004
The IAU Newsletter is available online on the
IAU website in English and French.
to different sections of the site, less consideration was paid to the overall structure or userfriendliness of the site. Following an extensive
evaluation of the existing situation and the
production of an action plan, the website was
re-organised and re-structured in August 2004.
It is now updated regularly.
IAU Website
With more than 10,000 visitors per month and
over 1200 files, the IAU website is becoming
the most important communication instrument
for IAU and its Members as well as for the
higher education community at large. Over the
years, many pages were added bringing a great
deal of richness and depth to this communication resource. However, as expansion took
place over time, with information being added
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Financial Year 2004
Explanatory note
of financial results
2002
to 30 SEPT. 2003)
1 OCT. 2003(1toOCT.
30 SEPT.
2004
(with totals
comparative
totals for 2001-02)
(with comparative
for 2002-03)
in EUROS in EUROS
INCOME
Membership dues
Contracts and grants
Conferences
Publications
Other income
TOTAL INCOME
EXPENDITURE
Staff Cost (Salaries, Consultants and Social Charges)
Programme Activities and Conferences
Administrative Board and Committees
Administration and Office Costs
Other charges
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
RESULT
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2004
905.000
133.720
145.272
98.445
46.974
2003
890.302
136.089
68.195
44.553
1 329.406
1 139.139
2004
796.851
239.539
5.116
120.061
20.615
2003
766.954
99.079
26.340
102.505
21.528
1 182.182
1 016.406
147.224
122.733
IAU revenues and expenditures
in 2004 were relatively stable,
fluctuating in fairly predictable way. As for the past
three years, the 2004 annual
result was again positive, due
to a number of reasons.
Income from membership
fees for 2004 and for past
years has remained constant.
Savings were achieved mainly
due to reduced staff costs and
efficiencies obtained by combining Board and General
Conference meetings. In
addition, all contracts secured by IAU were funded as
expected. The third year of
the grant from the Swedish
International Development
Agency was also received as
planned. Finally, royalties
from the sale of IAU publications were higher than expected. As for expenditures,
these were maintained as
planned with some savings
achieved in the area of personnel costs, publications
and in the area of overhead.
Coming up
• The year 2005 began for IAU on 1st October 2004. Several key
meetings will take place early in this year. The most important among
them, for the Association's action and initiatives in the coming years, is the
meeting of the newly elected Administrative Board to be held in Paris in
December 2004. Various important decisions regarding the Association
leadership will be taken. First, the Administrative Board will nominate three
Vice-Presidents (in addition to Juan Ramón de la Fuente who was already
nominated as the first Vice-President in São Paulo) and will appoint the
Board's various Committees (such as the Executive, the Membership the
Finance Committees, etc).
Above all, this important meeting will be the occasion to debate and set the
Association’s priorities for the next four years (2004-2008). In particular,
the Administrative Board will discuss the continuation (or not) of existing
Working Groups and will decide whether or not to create new ones.
A seminar of experts focusing on IAU's future work on intercultural learning
and dialogue will meet in Budapest in November 2004 and its deliberations
will be reported to the Administrative Board for decisions concerning
possible follow-up.
• In spring 2005, IAU will launch its second survey on internationaliza-
tion of higher education. As mentioned previously, this survey will be
a far more comprehensive effort to collect data on three levels: institutional,
national and regional at the same time as allowing a longitudinal
comparison and analysis of the data and trends observed two years ago.
• In early 2005, the International Association of Universities will also
approve and disseminate the declaration entitled Sharing Quality Higher
Education Across Borders, a Statement on behalf of Higher Education
Institutions Worldwide elaborated by IAU, AUCC, CHEA and ACE.
• Also IAU has launched a monthly E-Bulletin. Over the next year
fine-tuning and improvement of this new communication vehicle is
expected with feedback from users. It is our goal to use this mechanism to
provide information on IAU activities and services and to alert leaders
about important opportunities or events taking place worldwide related
to higher education. The E-Bulletin is expected to become an interactive
tool between IAU and its public.
• Finally, a Schedule of Up-coming Events will soon be circulated to all
IAU members and posted on the website allowing all of our members
and partners to see how they can become involved, throughout the
coming year, in the Association initiatives and projects.
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IAU Secretariat and the International Universities Bureau
The International Universities Bureau acts as the permanent Secretariat of the Association and is housed at UNESCO in Paris.
STAFF :
During the past year, the Secretariat has seen
some staffing changes and these are noted in the
list below. We wish especially to express our
delight at having been able to host and collaborate
with Dorothy Davis, on leave from IDP Australia
for six months while one of our colleagues,
Hilligje van't Land, was on maternity leave. We
bid farewell to Claudine Langlois, the longest
serving staff member of the Association and
welcomed Isabelle Turmaine who joined us in
April 2004. Finally, we continue to be grateful to
our young interns from AUCC, Canada and CIMO,
Finland for their enthusiastic contribution to our
work. Our experience with the interns listed
below (and their predecessors as well) has been
tremendous.
Eva EGRON-POLAK
Secretary-General and Executive Director
[email protected]
Guy NEAVE
Director, Research
[email protected]
Jackie HONOUR
Executive Assistant
[email protected]
Isabelle TURMAINE
Director, Information Centre and Services
[email protected]
Yvette SAUNDERS
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Hilligje VAN’T LAND
Senior Programme Manager
[email protected]
Sabine JOSEPH
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Geneviève RABREAU
Manager, Reference Publications
[email protected]
Christina KEYES
Assistant, Reference Publications
[email protected]
Georgeta SADLAK
Manager, Information Systems
[email protected]
Samuel POUSSON
Assistant, Reference Publications
[email protected]
Elzbieta KARWAT
Manager, Documentation Centre
[email protected]
Phouthong LUONG
Assistant, Reference Publications
[email protected]
Christiane OBERLIN
Office Manager
[email protected]
Susan RANTALAINEN
Intern (from April 2004 to October 2004)
Sylvain CHARPENTIER
Programme Officer
[email protected]
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Maia YARYMOWICH
Intern (from September 2003 to March 2004)